Current Ancient Albatross
Rear Admiral Melvin W. Bouboulis
Thirteenth District Commander (D13)
U.S. Coast Guard
Rear Admiral Bouboulis serves as the Commander of the Thirteenth Coast Guard District headquartered in Seattle. He is responsible for all Coast Guard operations throughout the Pacific Northwest which encompasses the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana and includes more than 4,400 miles of coastline, 600 miles of inland waterways, and a 125 nautical mile international border with Canada.
Rear Admiral Bouboulis’ previous Flag Assignment was as the Director of Operational Logistics, in which he was responsible for the delivery of mission support logistics for Coast Guard steady state and contingency response operations and for planned events of national significance. Prior to that, he served as the Assistant Commandant for Engineering and Logistics (CG-4) as the Coast Guard’s “Chief Engineer.”
Previous assignments include: Chief of Staff, Eighth Coast Guard District; Chief, Office of Aeronautical Engineering; Commanding Officer, Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico; Logistics Department Head, Air Station Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of Enlisted Personnel for Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi, TX; Aeronautical Engineer at the Aviation Training Center, Mobile, AL; HC-130 Hercules Product Line Manager at Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center, Elizabeth City, NC; Assistant Engineering Officer, Coast Guard Air Station North Bend, OR; Communications and Law Enforcement Officer, Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, LA; Flight Training, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, FL; and Operations and Deck Watch Officer, USCGC CONIFER, Long Beach, CA.
Rear Admiral Bouboulis flew as an operational pilot at all of his aviation field assignments and participated in the historic Hurricane Katrina response. He has qualified in the MH-65 Dolphin (A, B, and C models), MH-60 Jayhawk, and HC-130 Hercules aircraft, accruing over 4,000 total flight hours.
Rear Admiral Bouboulis graduated from the Coast Guard Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1987. He earned a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University in 2000, maintains a Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Program Manager Level II Certification, and holds private, commercial airplane, helicopter, and airline transport pilot licenses.
Rear Admiral Bouboulis is the longest serving Coast Guard Aviator, earning him the distinction as the Service’s 26th Ancient Albatross.
Rear Admiral Bouboulis is married to the former Mimi Mayeux. They have one son, Scott.
